Hand lozenge cutter



(No Model.)

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, HAND LQZBNGE GUTTER.

1 N o. 268,886. V Patented Dec. 12, 1882.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. HALL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR ONE-HALF TO RUFUS P. PATTISON, OF SAME PLACE.

HAND LOZENGE-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,886, dated December 12, 1882. Application tiled March 1, 1882. (No model.)

Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Hand Lozenge-Cutter; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

that will enableothers skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

and to letters ot reference marked thereon, forming a part ol' this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in mechanism for cutting lozen ges and other con fectionery, the object being to provide a device to be used by hand which is adapted to out a number of lozenges at one stroke; and it conssts of a number of cutters of any desired contour, rigidly secured to a suitable holding plate provided with operating-handles at cach end, a number ot' pistons provided with stems attached to a second plate, which are adapted to have a vertical movement in said cutters for the purpose ot' expelling the goods therefrom, and springs for automatically returning the second plate to a normal position, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth in detail.

Figure ll is a side elevation; Fig. 2, a bottom view, and Fig. 3 a transverse section in the plane 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a face view of one of the embossing-pistons.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a stationary plate having a series of cutters, a, rigidly secured thereto. These cutters, as herein shown, are of a cylindrical form,but may be of any desired contour or configuration and of any number-one or more. Each cutter is provided with a piston-plum ger, B, titting closely to the interior walls of the same, and adapted to have a vertical movement therein for the purpose of expelling the cutout goods. The pistons are provided-with the stems a,inserted in the movable plate C, the upper ends of the stems a being threaded for the reception of the lower nuts, a2, and the upper nuts, e3. On the stems a. and between these nuts are placed the sleeves a4, around which are coiled the spiral springs b, the upper ends bearing against the under side of the plate C and the lower ends resting on the nuts u2, by which means the tension of the springs is regulated. By means of the Lipper nuts, a3, the normal position ot' the pistons in the cutters is changed so as to produce a lozenge of any desired thickness, the spiral springs b `serving to accommodate the pistons to any unevenness in the sheet of dough. The lower ends or faces of the pistons may be provided with ornamentalV designs or wordmottoes, which are transferred to thc confection in the process ot' cutting out the saine. 'The plates A and C are secured in relatio d to each other by means of the bolts b b2, placed at each end of the same, the upper ends being threaded for the reception of the nuts b3, which serve to retain the adj ustable sleeves @l d and plate C in place on the bolts b b2. The sleeves d d are enlarged below the plate C, forming a shoulder-bearing against the under side of the same, while the upper end or neckot' the sleeves bears against the nuts b3, by means of which the normal position of the plate C may be changed. The lower ends of the sleeves come down within a short distance of the upper side ofthe plate A,and when the operator presses down on the handles D D the upper plate and attached parts are forced downward until the lower ends come in contact with the plate A, by which the length ot the downward stroke is regulated. The spiral springs d2 d3, coiled around the sleeves Z d', serve to return the upper plate, C, to its normal position on the completion of the stroke.

The clearing-plate l)2 incloses the lower end of the cutters and prevents the scrap from adhering to the same. rlhis clearing-plate is secured in place by means of the rods d4 d5, which pass through both plates A and C. These rods are threaded ata point immediately above the plate A, and are provided with the nuts f, whereby the lowest position of the clearing-plate is regulated, while it is free tothe 'operator to readily see what distance to` move the cutter for the next stroke. The operator holds the cutter with the projecting gage-points F toward him, the gage-points F' leaving an imprint in the dough, and as the cutteris advanced for another stroke the gagepoints F are inserted in the marks left by the preceding gage F'. The lozenges are cut out by pressing down ou the lower handles, B' B?,- attached to the plate A; then, before the device is raised out of the sheet of dough, the operator presses down on the upper handles attached to the plate G, which brings the ornamenting face of the pistons in contact `with the cut-out goods, and transfers thereto the embossing design or print on the face of the pistons. VThe hands of the operator are then removed from the upper handles and thelcutter raised out of the dough and held over a receiving-tray, and the goods expelled from the series of cutters by pressing down with the thumbs on 'the upper handles, the tingers of the operator being underneath the lower handles, attached to the plate A.

A device holding any number ofcutters may be employed, and, it' too heavy to be held in with the handles Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersV Patent, is-

with the plateA, provided with the handles B' B2, of the series of cutters (t, the pistons B, having the stems a', and the plate C, provided D' D', substantially as described. l

2. The combination, with the cutter and.v

clearing-plate D2, ofthe gage-points F F', substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the cutter-plate A and the series of cutters a, of the clearingplate D2, the gage-points F F', the rods d4 d5, ad-

justing-nutsf, and the springsf', substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A hand lozenge-cutter consisting essentially of the plates A and C, having suitable operating-handles, of the series of cutters a, the embossing and expelling pistons B, provided with the stems a', the adjusting-nuts a2 a3, the springs b, the con necting-bolts b' b2, and the springs d2 d3, constructed, arranged, and operating substantiallyT as and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES H. HALL.

Witnesses:

L. M. FREEMAN, CHAs. F. JoNEs. 

